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Sharks knock off Kings with
late run
SJ scores a pair of 3rd period goals to
beat LA 2-1
The Sharks had the tall task of jumping on plane
following their 5-0 win over Vancouver on Saturday night, in order to play in a
rare Sunday night game in Los Angeles less than 24 hours later. It took the
Sharks a period to get their legs, and another period to find the net, but they
scored a pair of 3rd period goals to knock off the Los Angeles Kings in 2-1
nail biter at Staples Center.
Third and fourth line energy propelled
the Sharks who had to overcome a 1st period power play goal by the Kings to
take their sixth win in their last seven games. The win helped the Sharks keep
pace in the ultra-competitive Western Conference. A mere five points separates
the 3rd and 13th best records in the West.
The 4 shot output by the
Sharks it the opening period made it pretty obvious that they were feeling the
effects of their up tempo game with Vancouver on Saturday night. That didn't
matter if goals aren't finding their way past the Sharks goal line.
San Jose finished the evening as the best defensive team in the NHL, allowing
an average of 2.33 goals per game. Los Angeles had boasted the top spot in that
category entering play, but their 2.44 goals per game average pushed them to
the 2nd spot in the league behind San Jose.
The only goal the Sharks
surrendered came via the power play.
The Kings took advantage of a Tim
Heed hooking penalty early in the 1st period, when former Kings captain Dustin
Brown deflected a wrist shot off the stick of current captain Anze Kopitar at
8:30 of the 1st period. Kopitar snapped the shot from the outside of the right
dot, placing it at the top of the crease. Brown was offset, just off the right
post, facing the blueline. Hand-eye coordination came into play as Brown got
his stick blade on the shot, centering it and forcing to the ice to bounce
between Martin Jones' pads.
Joonas Donskoi was called for a ticky-tack
slashing penalty that resulted in another Kings power play, but Jones made a
series of big saves to keep the deficit at a single goal.
Drew Doughty
was whistled for tripping at 2:19 of the 2nd period, drawing his second minor
infraction of the game. The Sharks were denied a chance to even the game when
Joe Pavelski was called for the same penalty 27 seconds later.
Melker Karlsson was Johnny on the spot 5:42 into the
3rd period, when he punched home a deflection after Logan Couture bounced a
shot off of Tomas Hertl's backside. Couture fired from the left dot as a flurry
of traffic began to form in front of the Kings net. Karlsson had collapsed in
the slot and was perfectly positioned to scoop up the deflection and lift it
into the wide open net.
San Jose grabbed the lead 12:50 into the
period when Joel Ward deflected a Barclay Goodrow shot with his skate past
Quick. Goodrow took a feed from Joakim Ryan along the left wing boards and
snapped a shot in the direction of the net. Ward was positioned half way
between Goodrow and the net. The puck caught Ward's left skate, changing the
trajectory by 45 degrees to put the puck perfectly inside the right post.
Game Notes:
* Every Shark skater recorded a shot on
except with the exception of Logan Couture, Joonas Donskoi, Mikkel Boedker and
Justin Braun. San Jose threw 33 pucks at Jonathan Quick. Brent Burns led all
Sharks skaters with 5 shots on goal. Tyler Toffoli recrded 6 shots for Los
Angeles.
* The Sharks blocked more shots than their opposition for
once. San Jose recorded 21 blocks, while the Kings registered 14 blocks.
Couture was the only Sharks forward with 3 blocks. Three San Jose defensemen
recorded 3 blocks apiece.
* Kings defenseman Drew Doughty had a tough
evening, taking a pair of penalties and finishing the evening with a -2 +/-. He
did recorded the secondary assist on Brown's goal.
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| 1st period - 1, LA,
Brown 8 (Kopitar, Doughty), 8:30, (pp). |
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| 3rd period - 2, SJ,
Karlsson 3 (Hertl, Couture), 5:42. 3, SJ, Ward 3 (Goodrow, Ryan), 12:50. |
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| 1st period - Heed, SJ
(hooking), 7:49; Doughty, LA (interference), 12:16; Donskoi, SJ (slashing),
17:03. |
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| 2nd period - Doughty, LA
(tripping), 2:19; Pavelski, SJ (tripping), 2:46; Ward, SJ (goaltender
interference), 5:42. |
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| 3rd period - Shore, LA
(slashing), 6:07. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| SJ - Jones |
27 |
26 |
| LA - Quick |
33 |
31 |
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14 |
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33 |
| LA |
8 |
11 |
8 |
27 |
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| Referees: Hebert,
Charron. Linesmen: Gawryletz, Cameron. |
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